Replacing quorum disk on TruCluster, all nodes are down

I'm facing a problem with a two node cluster that was completely shut down for maintenance and when it was started up again the quorum disk was damaged.

It should be very simple to change the quorum disk, but I have some doubts.

I was able to start one node without quorum using the steps from "TruCluster Server Handbook" (http://flylib.com/books/en/2.387.1.154/1/), basicaly booting with "boot -fl ai" and then using this options: "vmunix clubase:cluster_expected_votes=1 clubase:cluster_qdisk_votes=0 clubase:cluster_qdisk_major=0 clubase:cluster_qdisk_minor=0".

What I'm not sure about now is whether I should go through the quorum disk replacement procedure while the other node is down or not. I tried to boot the other node using the same steps and it got as far as forming the cluster but then it hanged and never finished booting.

Re: Replacing quorum disk on TruCluster, all nodes are down

If I didnt have a problem, there would be nothing to face, would there?

This is Tru64/TruCluster v5.1B.

The message I got was:

CNX QDISK: Cluster quorum disk 19,82 has become unavailable due to a write error (status 60).CNX QDISK: Cluster quorum disk 19,82 has become available again.

The nodes just kept repeating this message.

I found out the problem was the existence of persistent reservations on the cluster's volumes, including the quorum volume. I used a local installation to clean these with cleanPR and everything worked again. The person who shut down the cluster probably didnt do it right.

Still, if you know the answers to the two questions, I'm interested in knowing them.

Re: Replacing quorum disk on TruCluster, all nodes are down

read the docs about quorum carefully.

qourum is used to keep the nodes from running the same cluster "separately".quorum is calculated from the votes of each node. for this calculation the quorumdisk is viewed as a node.If properly configured, a node in normal state cannot boot alone but needs another node to get enough quorum to boot.

A two node cluster can boot up with enough quorum to form the cluster without using the quorum disk.

- So you can boot a node + quorum disk- you should also be able to boot two nodes without quorum disk.- and offcourse 2 nodes + quorumdisk

The first node boots and waits to form the cluster until a quorum disk or another node is detected to form enogh quorum.